Duchesne County (Utah). County Clerk Incorporation record book

Historical Note

Scope and Content

This volume records copies of Articles of Incorporation filed with the Duchesne County Clerk by newly organized corporations. The register was kept as the official copy which was available for public use. The actual articles of incorporation record the following: names of the incorporators and their places of residence, the length of the corporation's duration, the pursuit of business agreed upon, amount of stock each shareholder receives, description of stock classes, number and kind of corporate officers, and the number of directors necessary to transact corporate business.

Under current Utah law and the laws of the territorial legislature, individuals desiring to incorporate, were to file and record articles of incorporation with their respective county clerk. These agreements specified the nature and place of business, amount of stock to be issued, terms for officers, etc. The clerk in turn issued certificate of incorporation and recorded the final articles of incorporation in these record books. This practice ended in 1961 when the Division of Corporations was created.

Arrangement

Chronological by date.

Related Records

Incorporation case files from Duchesne County (Utah). County Clerk, Series 3745, contains incorporation case files recorded and kept by the Duchesne County Clerk.

Incorporation case files from the Department of Commerce. Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, Series 7184, contain current Incorporations in Duchesne County.

Custody History

The books in this series were transferred to the State Archives by the court in April 2010.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Processing Note

This series was processed by Jim Kichas in April 2010.

Finding Aids

Indexes: An alphabetical index is located at the beginning of the record book.